[HBASE-241] [hbase] Scan of .META. does socket timeout over and over again (rather than

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 30/Aug/07 04:37
• Updated: 04/Feb/08 18:41
• Resolved: 12/Sep/07 00:08

Description

A mismatch in the code on the cluster revealed an infinite loop. The .META. scanner is doing a socket timeout trying to contact a borked region server (The borked server was having trouble contacting hdfs because of of code version mismatch – it was sort-of-working). We retry the timeout up to the retry limit but then rather than try and redeploy the unreachable .META. we just drop back into scanning at the old location.... I'll attach a log that illustrates the goings-on.

I think this likely a trivial issue since it shouldn't really ever happen....